C5 Accelerate (C5A), the Cloud Innovation Centre for best-of-breed startups, has today announced that it has entered into a new Innovation Partnership with SAP National Security Services, Inc.

What's the biggest threat to global peace? Tara Kangarlou asks Nancy Lindborg, the first woman to become President of the United States Institute of Peace.

The diplomatic potential for ad­dressing the tensions and compet­ing interests was limited, however, said Princeton Lyman, a former US special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan and now a senior adviser at the US Institute of Peace. “The AU [African Union] and the Arab League have very little interaction and no history of close cooperation around overlapping is­sues. Indeed, the AU is struggling to deal with such crises as South Sudan and Somalia. Outsiders are similarly limited in their structures to address this cross-regional set of developments,” he said. “For example, the US State De­partment divides this area into two different bureaus. Coordination of policy across them is hampered by the lack of appointees at senior lev­els where such coordination would take place. Unfortunately, the pros­pect of greater instability in the Horn is tragic but real.”

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US government’s Bureau of African Affairs Donald Yamamoto said the US had already reached out to top political leaders in the country and informed them that the world is watching... Mr Yamamoto made the comments while giving a speech on advancing common interests of US-African partnerships at the US Institute of Peace based in Washington, on Wednesday.

To create a more successful ISF, the Department of Defense (DOD) should use the Interagency Conflict Assessment Framework (ICAF) - an effective tool that creates a shared understanding of complex problems and leads to collaborative and coordinated responses to conflict.

The United States says Africa is a trusted friend and partner in a mutual partnership between the two parties. This was contained in remarks delivered by Under Secretary Thomas Shannon at the “United States-African Partnerships: Advancing Common Interest Symposium”, held at the United States Institute of Peace

“Across the continent, we have shared interests in African stability. We see many areas where we can cooperate with the Chinese military. For example, we both support U.N. peacekeeping missions and training with African defense forces,” said Waldhauser, in a speech at the United States Institute of Peace.

Derek Mitchell spoke to SIRIUSXM POTUS Ch. 124 about the current humanitarian crisis in Myanmar with more than 350,000 Rohingya fleeing across the border into Bangladesh. Mitchell also addressed the international and domestic constituencies that Aung San Suu Kyi must navigate as the crisis continues while also trying to begin the implementation of the recommendations from the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State aka Annan Report.